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There was no immediate claim ofresponsibility, but al Qaeda-inspiredmilitants in Somalia have previouslythreatened to attack Uganda for send-ing peacekeepers there.

U.S. President Barack Obama

NUSA DUA - Representativesfrom 13 “tiger-range countries”met in Indonesia on Monday todraft a global recovery plan aheadof a summit in Russia in Septem-ber. “We’re gathering here becausewe share concerns about thesustainability of tigers,” IndonesianForestry Minister Zulkifli Hasansaid in an opening address to del-egates on the resort island of Bali.

“It is alarming that out of the ninetiger subspecies in the world, only sixare remaining.” The plan to be draftedin Bali will be used as the basis fordiscussion at a “tiger summit” in St.Petersburg from September 15 to 18. AFP PHOTO/SONNY TUMBELAKA

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Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas (top, C) raises the trophy handed to him by FIFA President Sepp Blatter (C) and SouthAfrica’s President Jacob Zuma (C, R) as Spain’s national football team players celebrate winning the 2010 World Cup footballfinal Netherlands vs. Spain on July 11, 2010 at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, suburban Johannesburg.

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JOHANNESBURG – Spain gloried on Monday in a first World Cup triumph that finallyburied their decades-old tag of international underachievers while the dejected Netherlandscame to terms with a third defeat in the final. But the finale in Johannesburg of the first WorldCup held in Africa was scarred by a horrific turn of events elsewhere on the continent whenbombs ripped through two bars packed with fans in Uganda, killing 64 people.

condemned the attacks, which hitwhile fans viewed Sunday night’sgame. An American was among thedead, as were 10 people of eitherEthiopian or Eritrean origin. “Whenthere were three minutes to the end

of the match an explosion came ...and it was so loud,” witness JumaSeiko said at a Kampala rugby clubshowing the match.

In Madrid and elsewhere aroundSpain, crowds partied through the night

long after the last “Ole” sounded in-side Soccer City, Johannesburg, sceneof Spain’s greatest soccer moment.

“We still don’t realize the fullextent of this. It is something incred-ible,” match-winner Andres Iniestasaid. In Amsterdam, there was utterdejection as the Dutch saw historyrepeat itself after defeats in 1974 and1978 finals. Sadly for them, theirreputation as the best team never towin the World Cup will stick — forfour more years at least.

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Indonesia Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan delivers his ad-dress before the Pre Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue Meeting

in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali on July 12, 2010.

Tiger countries meet in Indonesia to map rescue“In Indonesia alone, only the

Sumatran tiger still exists, while theother two subspecies have becomeextinct,” the minister said, referringto Javan and Balinese tigers whichwere wiped out in the 1980s and1940s respectively.

He blamed a “lack of law en-forcement” for the continuing lossesof Sumatran tigers, which numberonly about 400 in the wild. Severalare killed every year by poachers and

villagers who compete with them fordwindling forest resources.

WWF says the global, wild popu-lation of tigers of all species hasfallen from about 100,000 to an es-timated 3,200 over the past century.

Countries invited to attend the St.Petersburg summit are Bangladesh,Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Cam-bodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Negara (Bali Post)—Traffic congestion does not only pose a prob-

lem of urban areas, such as Denpasar andJakarta. The inter-provincial traffic lane oftenexperiences the same problems, too. For in-stance, Denpasar-Gilimanuk route often cameup against congestion at some points. One ofthe triggering factors of the congestion is roadimprovement or traffic accident. Local govern-ment is considered to be slow to tackle the an-nual problem of damaged roads. The main over-land transportation route of Bali passing throughthree regencies namely Jembrana, Tabanan andBadung is now in pockmarked condition and lessproper for transportation.

Repairs indeed had been started, but they tooktoo long time and have not finished yet. As amatter of fact, the route is very busy especiallyon entering the holiday period like within thepast few months. Complaints delivered by do-mestic tourists to Bali were almost the same,namely about the damaged roads and lines atGilimanuk Harbor. Damaged roads posed thefactor causing the lines and the longer traveltime. High rate of accidents is also related tothe condition of the roads. However, transpor-tation sector seems to get very minimal atten-tion from local government. The proof, similarproblems always happen every year and at sev-eral points. Similarly, the thickness of asphaltexceeds the road body.

Government should find an alternative solu-tion to overcome the problem. One of the do-mestic tourists from Surabaya, Hermawan, 32,

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The picture shows garbage pill up on the side of the road. The lack of discipline of thepeople made the garbage handling always become an issue in the cities.Deputy Regent of Badung, I Ketut

Sudikerta, when contacted last Sunday(Jul 10), said, in a discussion the actualphysical construction was expected tobe implemented in 2011. However, byconsidering various phases that had tobe passed through, the target of con-struction commencement was thenshifted to 2012.

According to him, the mega projectdenoted a solution to traffic congestionoccurring at the local area, as well asbecoming a preparation of Bali espe-cially Badung to host the APEC Sum-mit in 2013. In order to establish theplan, Sudikerta would re-organize ameeting with Directorate General ofHighways on next July 14. At that time,Badung would present the studies in re-lation to the flyover project, includingits budget planning. “It will be dis-cussed in Jakarta next Wednesday.Hopefully, before the APEC Summit theflyover could have been realized,”Sudikerta expected. Furthermore, hesaid, before the construction of flyover,it would also be performed the arrange-ment of roadside landscape and widen-ing of the road. That process wasplanned to start this year.

Chairman of Commission B ofBadung House, I Putu Parwata, revealedthe flyover project proposed by Badungwould fully use the budget of centralgovernment. Its implementation was es-timated to apply multi-year system. Headded that the flyover concept offeredby central government seemed to onlya patchwork. Meanwhile, Badungwanted a comprehensive concept thatcould resolve the problem of road traf-fic up to 25 years to come. “Hence, itwas proposed a flyover above the man-grove forest with six lanes. Vehiclesfrom Denpasar are not necessary to pass

Flyover proposedFlyover proposedFlyover proposedFlyover proposedFlyover proposedby Badung expectedby Badung expectedby Badung expectedby Badung expectedby Badung expectedto complete prior toto complete prior toto complete prior toto complete prior toto complete prior toAPEC SummitAPEC SummitAPEC SummitAPEC SummitAPEC SummitMangupura (Bali Post)—

Development plan of Dewa Ruci intersection-Kuta flyover hasbeen discussed in the Office of National Road Development Agencyfor Region VIII, Kuta, last weekend. It was expected that flyoverabove the mangrove forests could be realized before the APEC Sum-mit held in 2013.

through Dewa Ruci intersection, but togo straight upward through flyoverabove the estuary dam to the road abovethe mangroves,” he said.

Likewise, Parwata explained that thearrangement of roadside landscapebacked to 1.5 meters and a boundary wallof building made of the same heightalong the Kuta Roundabout to Nusa Duawas estimated to spend a fund worth IDR200 billion from central government.

In the meantime, in the discussion ofthe National Road Development Agencyfor Region VIII, the central governmentpresented the flyover development planto resolve the traffic congestion in thearea of Dewa Ruci intersection to NusaDua and vice versa. This flyover willgo upward from the estuary area andpass through the Dewa Ruci statueheaded for Ngurah Rai statue, Tuban.The flyover would be above the currentbypass road. At the Dewa Ruci statuearea would also be made an underpassfor Nusa Dua -Denpasar direction with-out traffic lights.

After arriving at the Ngurah Raistatue would be built an intersection.From here, the traffic would go upwardto the road leading to the airport. Thenext intersection would be made on thebridge at Jimbaran area and flyoverended at the area of Siligita where alsobuilt an uncoplanar intersection.

Construction of flyover was estimatedto cause tremendous congestion prob-lems because there is no alternative roadfor Nusa Dua – Denpasar route. Hence,Sudikerta who attended the meetingalong with the Badung legislators andrelated regional apparatus unit (SKPD)requested an alternative road to be builtalong the mangrove forest to Nusa Dua,with a deflection points at the Ngurah Raistatue and Jimbaran. (ded)

Though damaged for months,government handlesDenpasar-Gilimanuk road slowly

met in Gilimanuk Harbor recently complainedabout the damage roads on the main route. Hisparty said similar problem always happened ev-ery year and it kindled congestion. The trip thatshould only be taken approximately for 2.5hours ultimately delayed due traffic congestion.Including in the Gilimanuk Harbor when theywant to go home, always stuck in long queues.

Comparable complaint was told by anotherdomestic tourist from Klaten. According to him,the line and congestion did not only happen inDenpasar but also on the road from and toGilimanuk. Meanwhile, Erni, 35, a teacher whooften took her students to spend holidays in Baliadmitted her entourage often experienced longqueue in Gilimanuk Harbor. “We must stand inline even though for one or two hours, it is stilllining up. We often reminded to travel agentsbut the condition remains to be like this. More-over, the road from and to the harbor is alsodamaged so our travel time turns longer as well,”he said.

Complaints on damaged road were also spo-ken by a driver of public transport serving theDenpasar-Gilimanuk route. The striking impacthe felt was rapid damage on the parts of his ve-hicle. Such damaged road conditions regularlyoccurred every year, not to mention the manyheavy-loaded trucks that sometimes became asource of road congestion. “Should there be anyintention to build flyover in Denpasar, governmentshould think about it thoroughly. Let alone makeflyover just fix the damaged roads at a snail’space,” complained one of the drivers. (sur)

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Gianyar (Bali Post) -Traffic congestion (wavelength) in

the district of Sukawati, particularlyfrom Batubulan - Batuan the conditionworse. This is caused by two matters,among IB Mantera bypass road im-provement project that still charmsprogress and the surge of visitors whodrive a large bus in some tourist attrac-tion in the district of Sukawati.

This was revealed in a joint meet-ing held by police Gianyar Last Friday(9 / 7) multipurpose in the building inGianyar district police. The Meetingleaded by Gianyar police chief AKBPI Ketut Suardana Msi, attendedDikyasa element Ditlantas Polda Bali,Gianyar district police ranks, the Of-fice of Transportation and InfocomHerzliya, tourism entrepreneur andmanager of the art market in the Vil-lage Guwang and Sukawati. The firstspecial meeting held ranks Gianyardistrict police after weighing the wave-length in the path of flowanarrangement

It was hoped there will be ablended traditional and modernconcept to it yet still with itsuniqueness from Gianyar.Themed “Developing IndonesiaCreativity” opened by IndonesiaState Minister, Gunawan Fauzi atHall Assembly, Jakarta Conven-tion Center (JCC), products fromGianyar such as the traditionaland artistic Bale Pemandesan (ga-zebo) attracted the visitors and

Amlapura (Bali Post)-As it’s the end of school holidays,

students and pupils are going back totheir places either to the city or go backfrom their home village outside theisland. These caused Padangbai har-bor packed and have to queue as theships get full last Sunday (11/7).

Lembar Padangbai Manager ofRiver, Lake and Crossing Transport(ASDP), Eko Yulianto, confirmed theunexpected crowds crossing peakedat midnight. Meanwhile people cross-ing without vehicles or using motor-

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Tug of war between the Bali

Province Government and Re-gion/City Government in Bali onwho maintains the status of In-ternational Rated Schools(RSBI) has made 4thCommision Bali Region Houseof Representatives irritated. Andso to solve it they will form awork group (Pokja) so there willbe an agreement between thetwo as Vice Leader of the com-mission, Ketut KariyasaAdnyana, S.P. stated to Bali Postlast Sunday (11/7).

According to Adnyana, itcan’t always be left like this sothat schools that should be RSBIprocessed can be optimal. Thistug of war also implicated onhow much budget distributed bythe Province government to theschools, for example RSBIschools at Klungkung andBangli regions got much higheras they handover the mainte-nance to the province govern-ment already, “The differencewas huge and it’s hard to under-stand also caused jealousy forthose RSBI maintainers who arestill under the region/city gov-ernment.”

As who actually took care of

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Dengue fever is one of the in-

fectious diseases belonging to en-demic category. Within the firstsix months of the year 2010 basedon the data from the Office of BaliHealth Services, about 16 peoplehad died of dengue fever. Totalcases of dengue throughout BaliProvince are 5,574. Denpasar Citystill ranks the first for the numberof cases with the total of 1,869cases, then Badung (1,493),Buleleng (1,080), Gianyar (388),Karangasem (252), Tabanan(222), Klungkung (164),Jembrana (55) and Bangli (51).

The highest number of case oc-curred in April with 1,372 cases.But, the highest death occurred inMarch consisting of 10 people.Head of Bali Health Services,Nyoman Sutedja, said the caseusually reached a sharp increaseduring the rainy season and woulddecrease drastically during the dryseason. However, due to seasonchanged globally, it was feared theincrease of dengue fever caseswould take place throughout theyear 2010. “If viewed from thecurve, the dengue fever casesshould have been declining. But

Crafters Need ToCrafters Need ToCrafters Need ToCrafters Need ToCrafters Need ToEvaluate ProductEvaluate ProductEvaluate ProductEvaluate ProductEvaluate ProductDesign and QualityDesign and QualityDesign and QualityDesign and QualityDesign and QualityGianyar (Bali Post) –

Gianyar crafters need to be more innovative in the next years as there are more nationwideeven overseas crafts coming to join the competition stated Gianyar Regent, Tjok Oka ArthaArdana Sukawati, at Region Expo Exhibition (Kabex) 2010 presented by Indonesia Region Gov-ernments Association (APKASI) in Jakarta last Sunday (11/7).

officials to take photo with it be-ing the background. Other tradi-tional main products presentedwere Painted Fan, Silver Jewelry,Tenun Ikat (weaved cloth),Glasses Craft and Herbal (Spa)products. “This kind of exhibitionis a chance to promote and alsoan evaluation towards the designand quality of the Gianyar’s mainproducts,” Ardana stated.

Head of Gianyar Region Indus-

try and Marketing Agency, Ir.Wayan Suamba, MT, added thecrafts products brought to Jakartawere an intellectual richness ofthe Gianyar people. Some of theproducts have got a design copy-right from the Law and Humani-ties Department such as PaintedFan and Endek Cloth Motif .Meanwhile Herbal products arestill in the process to be copy-righted. (kmb16)

Traffic jam in Batubulan-Batuan gettingworse Police held a Special Meeting

Batubulan - Batuan.Gianyar district police Kasatlantas

AKBP Aria Bima Viyasa in his presen-tation, traffic conditions in theSukawati- Batubulan- Batuan, the traf-fic jam getting worse since last twomonths. This traffic jam caused by con-struction IB Mantra road project, whichseemed to ignore road users. In someparts of roads, improvement of studyconsists of two lanes, zigzag path lead-ing to happen, bear on wheeled vehiclestwo and four to the long path, ie, to-ward the street Batubulan-Batuan morea lot. In addition, the surge of visitorswho ride the bus during school holi-days. Spike it, without accompanied byan increase roads, parking, particularlyart shop and souvenirs typical of cen-tral Bali region.

Similar also recognized by theSukawati chief police VB Musak. Men-tioned, wavelength congestion wors-ened forcing many of the managerswho art shop enter a tour bus ownedparking exceeds the capacity. This oc-

curs in order to boost trading profits.For example, parking capacity

should be 10 buses were forced to goup 15 buses. For in and out, the busrequires maneuvering on public roads.“The number of buses in and out ofthis impact on congestion until Topahtiarea, Denpasar,’’he explained. In ad-dition, dense wavelength flows in frontof the Art Market is also Guwang alsoresult in stagnation of alternative roadsalong the 350-meter x 5 meters andcollapsed in a local village.

Art Market Guwang head KetutSurya who attended the meeting ex-pecting, Gianyar regency take imme-diate actions to the traffic jam notworse. Gianyar police chief, after lis-tening to feedback and suggestionsfrom various elements, assess the needof mapping the anatomy of the condi-tion at every point of congestion. Start-ing from the west direction at SimpangMenguntur, until the statue of Infant,Sakah or Batuan at the north Villagearea, he explained. (Kmb16)

End of Holiday SeasonPassengers Packed at Padangbai

bikes have increased since Saturday(10/7).

Passengers are either students fromWestern Lesser Sundas (NTB) com-ing back to their school in Bali/Javaor students who are from outside NTBcoming back for their schools. EkoYulianto mentioned the total of pas-sengers for this crossing reached thou-sands when usually only hundreds perday. So to shorten the queue and avoidinjuries as passengers tend to pack theships, the ASDP increased the tripsfrom 21 to 24 trips. Besides that, they

speed up dispersing goods and pas-sengers’ arrivals, “Besides addingcrossing trips from 21 to 24, we alsooperated two piers which one is theold one and the other was just built.”

As seen during the situation, ve-hicles or goods did not cause a queuebut passengers did and packed. As theship disperse their goods or arrivals,new passengers were not patient to getto its destination so as the pier gatewas opened and passengers were al-lowed to get on the ship, they packedit straight away. (013)

Dengue fever kills 16people in Bali

the curve decreased slightly andthen rose again,” he said.

Curve of dengue fever wascharacterized by significant in-creases and drastic drops. But suchcurve did not apply to this year2010. Dengue fever curve in thisyear rose significantly and de-clined slightly. “So, the appear-ance of curve is like a wave. Itsrise and fall are not much differ-ent,” explained Sutedja.

According to Suteja, this con-dition was supported by theweather conditions shoring upthe vector for dengue fever tolive. Immediate fluctuation char-acterized by intermittent rain andhot weather became ideal condi-tions for Aedes aegypti mosquitoto develop. “Moreover, there areforecasts from of the Geophys-ics and Meteorology Agency(BMG) that during the year 2010will continue to rain,” saidSutedja.

On that account, the commu-nity was expected to keep onmaintaining a healthy environ-ment and performing the draining,covering and burying the habitatof mosquito in addition to main-taining the immune system. (san)

End International RatedSchools Problem, 4thCommission FormedWork Group

it, Adnyana did not want to saywho it is. Both sides know thereason and the law to maintainthese schools yet there are stilldifferent opinions to it, “This iswhat need to be tamed so there’llbe a same perception. Of courseboth government sides of thewhole Bali should sit in one tableto discuss this in a clear mindwithout any suspicion to others.Then pokja will perform theirmediation in the discussion.”

Based on National EducationSystem (Sisdiknas) Law, eithercentral, province or region/citygovernments in Indonesia has anequal responsibility in develop-ing education in its area includ-ing in budgeting which meansevery officials and agency re-lated from top to bottom shouldhave been involved in this, “Ac-tually this RSBI maintenanceshould have applied friendly at-titude and also a readiness in di-viding works and responsibilitiesfrom province government andall who are involved from re-gion/city government as well. Ofcourse, all of this only can hap-pen if they all want to sit in onetable and discuss the situation forthe sake of the Balinese educa-tion development.” (kmb13)

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Blood and pieces of flesh litteredthe floor among overturned chairs atthe scenes of the blasts, which wentoff as people watched the game be-tween Spain and the Netherlands lateSunday. The attack on the rugbyclub, where crowds sat outsidewatching a large-screen TV, left 49dead, police said. Fifteen others werekilled in the restaurant explosion.

Several Americans from a Penn-sylvania church group werewounded in the restaurant attack in-cluding Kris Sledge, 18, ofSelinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

“I remember blacking out, hear-ing people screaming and running,”Sledge said from the hospital. Hisright leg was wrapped and he hadburns on his face. “I love the placehere but I’m wondering why this

Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea – TheAmerican-led U.N. Command saidit would meet with North Korea onTuesday to discuss the deadly sink-ing of a South Korean warship thathas been widely blamed onPyongyang. The announcementcame three days after the U.N. Se-curity Council approved a state-ment that condemned the sinkingbut stopped short of directly im-plicating North Korea.

An international investigationconcluded in May that the Northtorpedoed the vessel near the tenseKorean sea border, killing 46 sail-ors. Pyongyang flatly denies it wasresponsible for the March 26 sink-ing and has warned any punish-ment would trigger war.

Late last month, the U.N. Com-mand, which oversees an armisticethat ended the Korean War in 1953,proposed general-level talks withNorth Korea to discuss the warshipsinking. The North first rejectedthe offer, criticizing the U.S. forallegedly trying to meddle in in-ter-Korean affairs under the nameof the U.N.

But North Korea changed itsposition late last week and pro-posed colonel-level talks at the Ko-

Associated Press Writer

CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti –The sun was beating down on therocky cactus plain when men withmachetes came for Menmen Villase,nine months pregnant, shoved heronto her bulging stomach and slicedup the plastic tarp that sheltered herand her four children.

The family was one of thousandsof earthquake homeless who hadcome to this Manhattan-sized stretchof disused sugarcane land betweenthe sea and barren mountains northof Port-au-Prince, seeking refugefrom overflowing camps in the city.

But this real estate is earmarked

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A South Korean Army soldier looks at the northern side through apair of binoculars at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone,in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, July 11, 2010. North Korea expressedwillingness Saturday to return to international nuclear disarmamenttalks, a sign it is satisfied with the U.N. Security Council’s decision toavoid directly blaming it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.

NKorea, US-led UN Commandto meet over sinking

rean border village of Panmunjomto prepare for the general-leveltalks. The U.N. Command said ina statement Monday that the sideswill meet at 10 a.m. (0100 GMT)Tuesday.

North Korea and the U.N. Com-mand launched general-level talksin 1998 as a measure to lessen ten-sion between the sides, the state-ment said. Tuesday’s general-levelmeeting would constitute the 17thof its kind, it said.

The U.S. stations 28,500 troopsin South Korea, a legacy of theKorean War, which ended in anarmistice that has never been re-placed with a permanent peacetreaty.

On Saturday, North Korea saidit will make efforts to resumestalled disarmament talks on itsnuclear program and conclude apeace treaty that could formallyend the Korean War, a sign that theregime is satisfied with the U.N.Security Council’s less stringentpresidential statement.

The signing of a peace treaty isa coveted goal for North Korea,which has argued it was forced todevelop atomic weapons to copewith U.S. nuclear threats. The U.S.has repeatedly said it has no inten-tion of attacking the North.

Fights over land stall Haiti earthquake recovery

AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini

In this photo taken July 1, 2010, a woman walks by burning garbage atnight in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Six months after the devastatingJan. 12 earthquake, in downtown Port-au-Prince where much of the nation’sindustry and commerce was clustered and where about 80 percent of thebuildings were destroyed, plans are in place to remake the entire areawith the government pledging $100 million for reconstruction, but topgovernment officials cannot say where the money will come from.

for building a new Haiti. Villase hadwalked into one of the fights over land,rooted in Haiti’s history of slavery,occupation and upheaval, that haveserved to slow recovery to a near-stand-still in the six months since the earth-quake leveled much of the capital andkilled as many as 300,000 people.

The government, already weak beforethe magnitude-7 quake and still hobbledby its aftermath, is trying to build anewin places like Corail-Cesselesse, a nearlyempty swath of land that begins about15 kilometers (9 miles) north of the capi-tal. But the effort is paralyzed by disor-ganization, bitter rivalries and privatedeals being struck behind its back.

Multiple families claim title to al-

most every scrap of real estate. Al-ready one reconstruction officialhas been forced to step down forsteering a public project to hiscompany’s private land at Corail-Cesselesse. Wealthy landownersvow the “new Haiti” will becomeyet another vast slum unless thegovernment rebuilds on their terms.

Caught in the middle are thehomeless, looking to grab a patch ofground from the thugs hired to keepthem away. Even facing machetes,Villase had to be dragged from herflimsy shelter. “I didn’t want themto take the tent away,” she recalled.“They said, ‘We don’t care. We canrip it up while you’re inside.’”

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A man attends a injuredwomen , Sunday, July 11,

2010, after a bomb went offin a restaurant in Kampala

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KAMPALA, Uganda – Simultaneous explosions tore through crowdswatching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant,killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police fearedan al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks.

happened and who did this ... At thispoint we’re just glad to be alive.”

Joann Lockard, a spokeswomanfor the U.S. Embassy in Kampala,confirmed one American was killed.

Kampala’s police chief said he be-lieved Somalia’s most feared militantgroup, al-Shabab, could be responsiblefor the attack. Al-Shabab is known tohave links with al-Qaida, and it countsmilitant veterans from the Iraq, Af-ghanistan and Pakistan conflictsamong its ranks. Simultaneous attacksare also one of al-Qaida’s hallmarks.

If those suspicions prove true, itwould be the first time that al-Shababhas carried out attacks outside of So-malia.

The explosions came just two daysafter an al-Shabab commander, SheikMuktar Robow, called for militants to

attack sites in Uganda and Burundi— two nations that contribute troopsto the African Union peacekeepingforce in Somalia.

A head and legs were found atthe rugby club, suggesting a suicidebomber may have been to blame, anAP reporter at the scene said.

Police Chief Kale Kaihura saidhe suspected al-Shabab had carriedout the attacks at the club and theEthiopian restaurant. The group’sfighters, including two recruitedfrom the Somali communities in theUnited States, have carried out mul-tiple suicide bombings in Somalia.

Ethiopia, which fought two warswith Somalia, is a longtime enemyof al-Shabab and other Somali mili-tants who accuse their neighbor ofmeddling in Somali affairs. Ethio-pia had troops in Somalia betweenDecember 2006 to January 2009 toback Somalia’s fragile governmentagainst the Islamic insurgency.Ethiopia later withdrew its troopsunder an intricate peace deal medi-ated by the United Nations.

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Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

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Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Witnesses on the Bahamian islandof Eleuthera recognized the 19-year-old dubbed the “Barefoot Bandit”and called police, who captured himSunday after a high-speed boatchase, Bahamas Police Commis-sioner Ellison Greenslade said at acelebratory news conference inNassau, the capital.

Greenslade said shots were firedduring the water chase but he did notsay who fired them. He also saidHarris-Moore was carrying a hand-gun that he tried to throw away.

Another senior police official,however, said police fired to dis-able the motor on the suspect’s sto-len boat, and that Harris-Moorethrew his gun in the water. The of-ficial, who spoke on condition ofanonymity because he was not au-thorized to discuss the case, alsosaid that police recovered a laptopand a GPS locator from the sus-pect.

Police flew Harris-Moore inshackles to Nassau. True to his nick-name, the teen with close-shorn hairwas shoeless as he walked off theplane wearing short camouflagecargo pants, a short-sleeved shirt anda bulletproof vest.

Harris-Moore is blamed for sev-eral thefts in the Bahamas in theweek since allegedly crash-landinga stolen plane there, and Bahamianauthorities said he will be prosecutedfor those crimes before the start ofany U.S. extradition proceedings.

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Colton Harris-Moore arrives barefoot, handcuffed and shack-led as he is escorted by police to Nassau

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NASSAU, Bahamas – For two years he stayed a step ahead of the law — stealing cars, powerboatsand even airplanes, police say, while building a reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. But ColtonHarris-Moore’s celebrity became his downfall.

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TEHRAN, Iran – The controver-sial death sentence by stoning for anIranian woman convicted of adulterywill not be implemented for now,said a judicial official on Sunday.

The world outcry over the deathsentence has become the latest is-sue in Iran’s fraught relationshipwith the international community.

Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the top ju-dicial official in the province wherethe mother of two was convicted,told the Iranian state news agencythat her crimes were “various andvery serious” and not limited to adul-tery, but that the sentence “will notbe implemented for the time being.”

He added Sakineh MohammadiAshtiani’s stoning would still takeplace if the judiciary wanted, despitethe “propaganda” by the West.

Iran halts stoning of woman ‘for time being’The United States, Britain and in-

ternational human rights groups haveall urged Tehran not to carry out thesentence.

The first indication that the gov-ernment had changed its mind camewith statement by the Iranian em-bassy in London that the stoningwould not occur.

Ashtiani is currently being held inEast Azerbaijan province’s jail.

Human Rights Watch, one of sev-eral groups publicizing Ashtiani’scase, said she was first convicted inMay 2006 of having an “illicit rela-tionship” with two men following thedeath of her husband — for which acourt in Tabriz, in northwestern Iran,sentenced her to 99 lashes.

But later that year she was alsoconvicted of adultery, despite havingretracted a confession which sheclaims was made under duress.

Stoning was widely imposed inthe years following the 1979 Islamicrevolution, and even though Iran’sjudiciary still regularly hands downsuch sentences, they are often con-verted to other punishments.

The last known stoning was car-ried out in 2007, although the gov-ernment rarely confirms that suchpunishments have been meted out.

Under Islamic rulings, a man isusually buried up to his waist, whilea woman is buried up to her chestwith her hands also buried. Thosecarrying out the verdict then throwstones until the condemned dies.

Ashtiani’s stoning was approvedby the country’s Supreme Court, butthe law could allow the judiciary headto order another trial or appeal for apardon from Iran’s Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei, who has fi-nal say on all state matters.

The pre-summit talks in Bali fromMonday to Wednesday will hear de-tails of each country’s tiger protec-tion plans and funding proposals.

Indonesian conservation officialHarry Santoso said ahead of the talksthat Jakarta would ask for more than175 million dollars in foreign aid toimplement its plan to double theSumatran tiger population by 2022.The plan focuses on mitigation ofhuman-animal conflict and better lawenforcement, including stiffer penal-ties, to stop poaching and forest de-struction.

Human-animal conflicts are a ris-ing problem in the massive archi-pelago as forests are destroyed for

Both sides had deserved to bein the final, showing fantasticteamwork to drag themselvesbeyond 30 other teams throughthe month-long tournament of64 games in total. Yet their fi-nal encounter was a disappoint-ing affair, spoiled by too manyfouls and only just spared theagony of a penalty shootoutwhen midfielder Iniesta steppedup in the dying minutes of ex-tra time to make it 1-0 and gameover.

It was fitting that captain andgoalkeeper Iker Casillas shouldraise and kiss the trophy first af-ter twice thwarting speedyDutch winger Arjen Robbenwhen through on goal. The de-jected Dutch crumpled to thegrass at the end, their hordes oforange-clad fans stunned intosilence for once.

For so long failing to live upto expectations on the interna-tional stage, Spain have nowwon the European champion-ship and World Cup in succes-sion. Spain are deserved andpopular winners, their midfieldmaestros Iniesta and Xavi play-ing delightful passing soccer,and David Villa proving sharpup front when most needed dur-ing the tournament. He endedup joint top scorer with fivegoals.

Spain’s triumph could hardlyhave come at a better time to liftmorale with the nation de-pressed by debt and unemploy-ment. After the final whistle,impromptu fireworks displaysand joyous car parades beganacross Spain. Tennis champRafael Nadal said Spain shouldcelebrate the “unrepeatable”feat for a year.

WORLD CUP MEMORIESThough the final may have

been a let-down, there wasplenty to remember at Africa’sfirst World Cup. Off the pitch,the local “vuvuzela” trumpetsprovided a unique if droningbackdrop that had some eulo-gizing local atmosphere and

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others reaching for their ear-plugs. On a darker note,France’s player revolt over theexpulsion of Nicolas Anelkasparked a national inquest andwill go down as one of the mostshameful episodes of the WorldCup.

There were charactersaplenty, not least Argentina’sDiego Maradona. He jumpedand joked on the touchline likea circus clown while his teamwere winning, then looked asdistraught as a baby who hadlost his dummy when Germanyknocked them out. The Ger-mans’ four-goal assassinationsof Australia, England and Ar-gentina were among the bestperformances of any team.

Underdogs lit up the earlystages, most notably Slovakiawho beat previous world cham-pions I taly 3-2 and SouthAfrica’s “Bafana Bafana” teamwho defeated France. NewZealand, amazingly, ended upthe only unbeaten team of thetournament.

Then there were the contro-versies. Frank Lampard’s shotagainst Germany clearly crossedthe line for England, but the ref-eree and linesmen failed to spotit, while on the same day CarlosTevez was blatantly offsidewhen he scored for Argentinaagainst Mexico.

There was nothing, however,to match the controversy causedby Luis Suarez of Uruguay. Thestriker ’s desperate handballblock on the line against Ghanain the dying seconds of extratime deprived Africa of its firstever semi-finalist.

Former President NelsonMandela’s triumphant appear-ance on the pitch before Sundaynight’s final crowned a fantas-tically successful tournamentfor organizers South Africawhich showed its new and bestface sixteen years after apart-heid. “The nation has crossed ahuge psychological barrier,”said local World Cup bossDanny Jordaan.

Tiger...From page 1 timber or to make way for palm oil,

forcing animals such as elephants andtigers into closer contact with people.

World Bank tiger initiative direc-tor Keshav Varma said the trade intigers and tiger products is growingdespite an increasing awarenessamong governments that the specieswas on the brink of extinction. Hesaid poachers and illegal traders were“better equipped” than ever beforewith weapons and communicationstechnology.

“They have become more sophis-ticated and there is a bigger market,not only for traditional medicine butnow people want more tiger productfor fashion,” he told reporters. “Un-fortunately countries have not doneenough to stop these people.”

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AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

Indonesian food vendors set up a television and antenna at a sidewalk in Jakarta on July 11, 2010 as they awaitto watch a live broadcast of the FIFA World Cup finals between Spain and the Netherlands in South Africa. Theprice of television antennas has surged in the Indonesian capital as football fans rush to ensure the bestpossible reception of the World Cup in this Southeast Asian football loving country of 240 million people.

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BENGKULU - The Sumatranprovince of Bengkulu is able toproduce 1.8 million tons of crudepalm oil (CPO) this year, an in-crease of 25.3 percent from that ayear earlier, a regional official

“There area a number of lawyersfrom 60 countries who will take le-gal steps to sue the attackers of MaviMarmara,” Mahendradatta, patronchief of the Indonesian Muslims’Lawyer Team (TPM) said here,Monday.

Mahendradatta said he wouldrepresent six Indonesians who be-came victims of the Israeli soldiers’attack, where two Indonesians,namely Surya Fachrizal andOktavianto, were injured.

The lawyers, among others fromTurkey, Britain and other Europeancountries, will sue Israel in interna-tional legal forum as well as bilat-

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PALU - Central Sulawesiprovince’s immigration authoritieson Monday began questioning sixFilipinos and an Indian arrested forallegedly working in the region il-legally.

The foreign workers being ques-tioned a day after their arrest wereonly identified as PR (Indian), CZ,SE, DJ, DC, MR and RW (Filipi-nos).

Head of the Palu Immigrationoffice quarantine unit, YusufSaddu, said his men would alsoquestion the company sponsoringtheir work in Central SulawesiProvince.

However, Saddu was reluctantto mention the name of the Jakarta-based company, which recruitedthe seven foreigners for installinga generator of state power companyPT PLN.

“They were caught when install-ing a PLN generator in Bukit JabalNur hilly area, Palu Timur sub-dis-trict, on Sunday,” he said.

The Jakarta-based company wasthe PLN’s contractor for installingthe generators but the foreignworkers it recruited had no work-ing visas, Saddu said.

In order to be able to work inIndonesia legally, they wereobliged to obtain working visas andlimited temporary residential per-

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BOGOR - Five volunteers ofIndonesia‘s Medical EmergencyRescue Committee (MER-C) haveobtained a permit from the Egyp-tian government to enter the GazaStrip through the Rafah bordergate, the organization‘s presidiumchief said.

“God willing, the volunteerswill leave for Cairo at midnight onMonday and later precede theirjourney to the Gaza Strip,” drSarbini Abdul Murad said on Sun-day morning.

He thanked Indonesian Ambas-sador to Egypt AbdurrahmanMohammad (AM) Fachir for hismaximum help in obtaining thepermit.

“I think (the permit) is the fruitof the maximum struggle of the In-donesian ambassador in Cairo whomanaged to lobby the Egyptian au-thorities,” he said.

He said the five volunteers aredr Joserizal Jurnalis, Ir FariedThalib, dr Arief Rachman, NurIkhwan Abadi and Abdillah Onim.

The last three MER-C volun-teers recently joined the “Flotillato Gaza” group mission aboard theTurkish aid ship Mavi Marmara.

Mavi Marmara was among aconvoy of six ships attempting to

Seven foreigners questionedover working illegally

mits issued by the Indonesian im-migration office, he said.

Saddu said none of the foreign-ers was detained. Instead, theywere allowed to stay at their ho-tels. But, they were under the su-pervision and control of the localimmigration authorities.

The case was under the authori-ties’ investigation. If the courtfound them guilty of violating LawNumber 9/1992, they could bejailed for a year and had to pay afine of Rp5 million.

The case of foreign visitorsworking in Indonesia without hav-ing relevant visas was not the first.

In Karawang, West Java, for in-stance, a local non-governmentalorganization urged related authori-ties to check the legal documentsof foreign workers in the region lastMay.

The “Lodaya” NGO suspectedthat foreign workers employed bylocal companies in the Karawangdistrict might not have workingvisas, the NGO chairman, NacePermana, said.

“Our suspicion is based on thefact that many foreign workers inTelukjambe Barat sub-district triedto avoid patrol police cars stoppednear their companies,” he said.

The foreign workers’ habit wasan indication that they may havebusiness visas, but not working vi-sas, he said.

Mer-C volunteers allowedentering Gaza via Egypt

ferry relief supplies to the GazaStrip when it was attacked by theIsraeli navy in the internationalwaters on May 31.

At least nine activists werekilled and others including Indo-nesians sustained gunshot woundsin the attack.

The bloody incident has sincesparked rallies in many parts of theworld.

In Europe, thousands of peoplestaged rallies to protest against theIsraeli brutal attack on the convoyof six ships carrying more than10,000 tons of relief and develop-mental aid to Gaza, along withroughly 700 participants frommore than 30 countries.

However, the spate of ralliesfailed to press Israel to open its seablockade as the Israeli troops againdetained MV Rachel Corrie whichsailed in the waters on the samemission.

Sarbini Abdul Murad said thefive MER-C volunteers would beassigned to follow up on the planto build an Indonesian hospital inGaza.

He said the hospital whichwould be built on 1.4 hectaresof land in Bayt Lahiya, NorthGaza, would among othersserve as a trauma and rehabili-tation center.

Bengkulu‘s annual CPO productionreaches 1.8 million tons

said.“Bengkulu`s CPO production con-

tinues to increase in line with the ex-pansion of oil palm harvest plantationareas in this province,” Head of theForestry Service of Bengkulu RismanSipayung said here on Sunday.

He said that the CPO production

was produced by 13 CPO facto-ries which were scattered in anumber of districts in Bengkuluprovince, he said.

The regional government offi-cial said that Bengkulu‘s presentoil palm plantations covered114,922 hectares, he said.

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JAKARTA - Lawyers from 60 countries, including Indonesia, willgather in Istanbul, Turkey, July 15-16, to prepare a legal suit againstIsrael for its attack on the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.

eral forums.TPM, he said, would consistently

fight the Israel arrogance, and wasconcerned over the Indonesiangovernment’s passive attitude.

“Because, some of the foreignlawyers are supported and facilitatedby their respective governments, butin the TPM case, we have to be onour own,” he said.

Meanwhile, Jose Rizal Jurnalis,presidium chairman of MER-C(Medical Emergency Rescue - Com-mittee) Indonesia, the Free GazaFlotilla was aimed at pressuring In-donesia to end the blockage overGaza.

He also reminded that Israeliintelligence agents had also beeninvolved in the murder of aHAMA leader in one of theMiddle East countries severalmonths ago.

“I hope the legal suit against Is-rael could be brought to the Interna-tional Criminal Court (ICC) in Bel-gium,” Jose Rizal said.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian gov-ernment wanted to push Israel to beresponsible for its attack on the hu-manitarian flotilla in internationalwaters who was about to enter theGaza Strip on May 31.

“We demand for an impartial,transparent and neutral investigationaccording to the United Nations Se-curity Council (UN SC) decision toask for Israeli accountability,” For-eign Minister Marty Natalegawasaid last June.

8 InternationaTuesday, July 13, 2010

Bali Today

“The significant increase hasraised The Netherlands’ rank amongthe top ten source countries of for-eign tourist arrivals in Bali,” Headof the Bali Provincial Statistics Of-fice Ida Komang Wisnu said here onMonday.

Over the period The Netherlandsranked eighth as the source countryof foreign tourist arrivals in Balicompared to ninth previously, hesaid.

Most of the Dutch tourists cameto Bali by air and only 2 by sea, hesaid.

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DENPASAR - ForestryMinister Zulkifli Hasan has ap-proved a plan to 6,500 hectaresof Bali’s forest areas to becomerural forests in several districts.

“The forest areas which willbe diversified are located inJembrana District (2,500 hect-ares), Buleleng (3,000 hectares),and in Bangli and Karangasem(1,000 hectares),” Anak AgungNgurah Buana, Bali’s provincialforestry office head, said hereFriday.

The diversification programwas proposed by the Bali gover-nor and would be managed by ru-ral people living surrounding theforest areas, he said.

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DENPASAR – Sanur VillageFestival (SVF) will present the“art kampoeng” for the first timewhich will present the miniatureof the olden Balinese life. IdaBagus Sidharta Putra, the head ofthe committee of SVF 2010, said“Balinese people well known forits art and culture since a long timeago. We wanted to revive the situ-ation in a special area filled withmany activities.”

The SVF 2010 will be heldstarted on August 4th through Au-gust 8th 2010. The first festival

Dutch tourist arrivals inBali surge 45.89 percentAntara

DENPASAR - A total of 30,388 Dutch tourists visited the resort island of Bali in the first fivemonths of 2010, jumping 45.89 percent from the same period last year.

The Dutch tourists were made upof 3.19 percent of the overall touristarrivals in the province in the five-month period which reached 952,073,he said.

Compared to the same period lastyear, the number of tourist arrivals inthe first five months of 2010 rose 9.43percent, he said.

He said five of the top ten coun-tries saw a significant increase in thenumber of tourist arrivals in Bali overthe period while the number of tour-ists from the other five countries fell.

The number of tourists from Aus-

tralia rose 55.72 percent to 213,361from 137,018, Taiwan 13.83 percentto 54,828 from 48,168, the Nether-lands 45.89 percent to 30,388 from20,829, Britain 3.83 percent to 29,862from 19,495 and Singapore 53.18 per-cent to 29,862 from 19,495.

In the meantime, the number oftourists from France fell 5.35 percentfrom 37,256 to 25,264, South Korea7.03 percent from 52,311 to 48,631,Malaysia 8.26 percent from 56,192to 53,383, China 2.67 percent from85,828 to 83,535 and Japan 24.71percent from 132,122 to 99,473.

Sanur Village Festival presents ”Art Kampoeng”was held in 2005. “The artkampoeng is designed to be gath-ering place for the people to sharetheir thoughts, develop their cre-ativity, as well as exhibiting theirworks,” Sidharta said.

Sanur painters associationwhich is the host of the event is in-viting all artists to take part in theevent. “It will make many artistsinteract with each other and theirworks can be enjoyed by thepeople,” he added.

There are several programs heldin the art kampoeng such as studioactivities where the audiences caninteract with the artists. Then there

is art dialog to discuss the latestart development and there is alsospecial place for those who wantedto read poem, perform, and others.

There is also art exhibition sothe audience can appreciate thework of art made by the artists.Sidharta said that there is greathope that the art kampoeng cangive different attraction to the lo-cals or tourists who want to visitthe festival.

The theme of the SVF 2010 is“Saha Nuhur” which means that ev-eryone wish to the God so He can giveHis blessing for the human which canbe the spirit for all man kind.

Forestry minister agrees 6,500hectares for rural forests

“In the first stage, the manage-ment of the rural forests will in-volve hundreds of people in 15villages surrounding the forests inJembrana, Buleleng, Bangli andKarangasem districts,” AgungBuana said.

The villagers will have the rightsto manage the forest areas for 60years and could be extended for an-other 35 years, according to Buana.

The rural forest managementwould be carried out in line withthe ecosystem preservation andthe local environmental wisdomof Balinese, he said.

Bali’s forest areas cover a totalof 130,686 hectares, consisting of95,766 hectares or 73.28 percent ofprotected forests, 26,293 hectaresor 20.12 percent of conservation

forests, and 8,626 hectares or 6.60percent of production forests.

The forest areas constitute justabout 22 percent of Bali Island’sland areas, while ideally theprovince’s forests should be 30percent of the island’s land size.

According to Forestry MinisterZulkifl i Hasan recently,Indonesia’s forest area reaches130 million hectares, and 40 mil-lion of them are in a good primarycondition, 45 million hectares arecritically damaged, and the re-maining 45 million hectares hadno planted trees.

About 17 percent of all speciesin the world can be found in In-donesia, although it accounts foronly 1.3 percent of the Earth’sland surface.

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UBUD - Six Indonesian artistswill take part in the Myanmar-In-donesia art exchange program to beheld in Yangon from July 13 to 22.

The six artists are NyomanSujana Kenyem and Antonius Khofrom Bali and Bahtiar Dwi Susanto,Ronald Apriyan, Muhammad LugasSyllabus and Heri Purwanto fromYogyakarta.

“We will take part in the pro-gram at the invitation of New ZeroArt Space supported by theMyanmarese culture ministry,”Kenyem said on Sunday.

The Indonesian artists, alongwith six Myanmarese artists, Sandy,Sandar Khine, Kyu Kyu, Hnin DarliAung, Aye Ko, and Kaung Su,would organize a series of activi-ties, including exhibition, discus-sion, symposium and arts demon-stration in the Myanmarese capitalcity, Kenyem said.

“Through the program dubbed

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One of masterpieces by Sujana Kenyem. Nyoman Sujana Kenyemand Antonius Kho from Bali and Bahtiar Dwi Susanto, RonaldApriyan, Muhammad Lugas Syllabus and Heri Purwanto fromYogyakarta will take part in the program at the invitation of NewZero Art Space supported by the Myanmarese culture ministry.

Ongoing Echos, the 12 artists canhopefully exchange views and ex-periences through an art processand hold a dialog to understand thebackground of their respective artsand culture,” he said.

More importantly, the activitycould hopefully enhance relationsbetween the two Southeast Asiancountries particularly in the art andcultural fields, he said.

“All the Indonesian artistsshould come up with their ideas,processes and views with regard totheir works. The organizing com-mittee has given the participantsfreedom to send their works usingvarious media such as canvas,” hesaid.

On the other hand, theMyanmarese artists were lookingforward to establishing close re-lations with their Indonesiancounterparts to develop culturalart and promote the identity of thetwo peoples of the same stock inthe region, he said.

Balinese Culture

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At a glance, this vegetable looks like a wild grass.Balinese people call it kejompot. It usually grows wellat loose soil among the parent plants as weeds atestate plantation or rice field when farmers do notirrigate it or during soybean season.

Villagers habitually take advantage of thisvegetable as interlude among their favorite ones.With a combination of simple spices like gratedgrilled-coconut, it can drive the taste and take backthe imagination to ancient tradition where localfarmers preferred to prepare their side dishes andvegetable obtained from their surroundings. Today,though it is not cultivated, it can be acquired attraditional market or supermarket.

Ingredients: 2 handful of young kejompot leafSpices: 2 tbsp grated grilled-coconut, 1 pc grilled

small and large chili, 1 slice aromatic ginger (grilled),2 pcs kaffir lime leaf, ½ tsp salt and 2 cloves garlic(grilled)

Method:· Cleanse the young kejompot leaf and boil for

a while or do not let it be until too tender as it turnscooked quickly. Take out and drain well.

· Grind all spices. Mix well the ingredientnamely kejompot leaf with spices evenly. Garnishwith slices of red large chili and cabbage. It is nowready to serve. (BTN/punia)

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DENPASAR - Some 25 peoplefrom the United States, France, Nor-way, Jakarta and Bali are to takepart in an intensive Balinesegamelan and dance study programat the artists’ village of Ubud inBali’s Gianyar district.

Ubud Cudamani Pengosekanstudio chairman Dewa Putra Beratasaid here on Friday the program willlast three weeks.

The foreign participants wouldbe spending part of their qualitytime to study some of Bali’s famoustraditional dances and music inten-sively under the guidance of mae-stros.

A number of Balinese dance and

Cheap vegetable does not necessarily meaninsignificant in terms of nutrient value and flavor.Similar case is also valid for sweet potato tips. Beingin close neighborhood to water spinach, the tips ofthis creeping plant has a flavor that is no lessdelicious. For a time, villagers take it as alternativevegetable before they harvest its tubers.

One of the easiest ways to savor its delicacy is byboiling it and served in grated coconut spices. Thiscountryside style menu can offer you a touch offlavor making the tongue to ask again and again. It isa delicacy within easy reach!

Ingredients: 2 handfuls of sweet potato tips, 1 cupof grated coconut and 1 tbsp fried shallot

Spices: 3 cloves garlic, 4 cloves shallot, 1 slice ofaromatic ginger (kencur), 1 slice of turmeric, ½ tsppepper, ½ tsp coriander, 1 small chili, ½ tsp salt, 1tbsp palm oil and 100 ml water

Method:· Boil the sweet potato tips until cooked. Take

out and drain well.· All spices are ground. Then, stir-fry until

smelling fragrant. Put the grated coconut into thespices while on the pan and add some water. Let itboil and when the water remains a little, take it out.

· Mix well the boiled sweet potato tips withspices, salt and fried shallot. Now, it is ready toserve. (BTN/punia)

Balinese art studies drawsparticipants from four countries

Photo by Jorge Vismara

Cudamani musicians on the gamelan. Some 25 people from the United States, France, Norway,Jakarta and Bali are to take part in an intensive Balinese gamelan and dance study program atthe artists’ village of Ubud in Bali’s Gianyar district.

gamelan maestros like Ni KetutArini, I Nyoman Cerita and I MadeArnawa would be among the instruc-tors in the program.

The participants’ week-dayschedule would consist of eighthours of study, discussions and tu-tors’ demonstrations.

They would also study many Ba-linese art performances for religiousceremonies, and interact with thelocal people.

“These activities are part of thetraining curriculum. A unique for-mula to present the ‘Cudamani Sum-mer Institute 2010 (CSI 2010)’ as awhole and authentic experience inan effort to give the partcipants anunderstanding about the link be-tween art, spirituality and culture in

Bali’s community,” said DewaBerata.

The program’s activities would bearranged in such a way that the for-eign partcipants could be expected tocome to Bali again in 2011 for fur-ther explorations into Balinese arts.

The Cudamani foundation hasmany times held Balinese dance andmusic performances in the USA, Ja-pan and European Union countries.

Dewa Berata set up the founda-tion in 1997 together with severalBalinese dance and gamelan mae-stros.

Cudamani studio is practicing andteaching the works of past traditionsas well as creating and enacting newbreakthroughs as its service to thecommunity.

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BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

DUBAI - Dubai’s debt-ladengroup Dubai World invited creditorsto meet on July 22 to agree on termsfor restructuring 60 percent of itsdebts, an official familiar with thematter told AFP on Sunday.

Dubai World has invited itscreditors who comprise “73 banksin total, to a meeting on July 22” toprovide information on its propos-als for debt restructuring, an officialtold AFP on condition of anonym-ity.

“There will be no vote or reso-lution sought at the meeting, this willstill take some months,” the officialadded.

He added that the Coordinat-ing Committee of banks, which in-cludes seven banks representing 60percent of the group’s bank lenders,“has already approved the deal andagreed terms with the company.”

“Policymakers need to remainattuned to negative shocks,” saidIMF managing director DominiqueStrauss-Kahn, citing a potentialspillover from the eurozone debt cri-sis, the sharp rise in capital inflowsinto Asia and the risks of overheat-ing.

But Strauss-Kahn said he doesnot foresee a global double-dip re-cession and the economic recoveryis on track.

“I don’t believe there will beanother dip. Our baseline is thatthere will be a recovery,” he said ina speech to a conference in the cen-tral South Korean city of Daejeon.

The IMF last week forecastgrowth for all Asia in 2010 of 7.5percent compared to an average 4.6percent worldwide.

Strauss-Kahn hailed thecontinent’s role as “a global eco-nomic powerhouse” in the wake ofthe global slowdown.

“As Asia’s economic weightin the world continues to rise, itsstake in the economic performanceof other countries is rising too,” hesaid, crediting reforms put in placesince the 1997-98 East Asian finan-cial crisis.

“So, despite being hit hard ini-tially, Asia was able to bounce backquickly from the global financial

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Property pricesin China rose at a slower pace inJune from a month ago, govern-ment data showed Monday, in afurther sign that Beijing’s effortsto cool the sizzling real estatemarket were kicking in.

Housing prices in 70 majorcities rose 11.4 percent year-on-year in June, the National Bureauof Statistics said on its website,down from the 12.4 percent riseseen in the previous month.

The figure hit 12.8 percentin April, the biggest on-year risefor a single month since July2005, when the survey was wid-ened to 70 cities from 35.

The prices in June fell by0.1 percent from May, officialdata showed, the first month-on-month decline since March lastyear, according to experts.

“This is a turning point ofthe overall property price trend,”Yang Hongxu, a Shanghai-basedanalyst with E-House China R&DInstitute, told AFP.

“The decline will continuefor several months once the trendis consolidated — probably last-ing into the end of this year or thebeginning of next year,” he said.

Chinese authorities have is-

AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE LOPEZ

A Chinese worker stands on the site of a high rise building un-der construction in Shanghai on June 12, 2010. Property pricesin China rose at a slower pace in June from a month ago, gov-ernment data showed Monday, in a further sign that Beijing’sefforts to cool the sizzling real estate market were kicking in.

China’s propertyprices slow in June

sued a slew of measures in recentmonths as they seek to prevent theproperty market overheating andcausing a bubble that could derailthe world’s third-largest economy.

The authorities have so fartightened restrictions nationwide onadvance sales of new developments,introduced curbs on loans for thirdhome purchases and raised minimumdown-payments for second homes.

Alan Chiang, residential mar-ket head at property consultancyDTZ China, said the governmentcould refrain from introducingmore tightening measures in theshort term pending market senti-ment in the second half of the year.

Chinese media reports havesaid a property tax could be im-posed on a trial basis in Beijing,Shanghai, the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing and the south-ern city of Shenzhen.

Qin Hong, a senior re-searcher at the housing ministry,said China would impose the tax“at an appropriate time” as a “long-term measure” to regulate the sec-tor, the official Securities Timesreported Monday.

China currently has no suchlevy on residential property butdoes impose a 1.2 percent tax on70-90 percent of the value of com-mercial real estate.

Asia must brace for possibleAsia must brace for possibleAsia must brace for possibleAsia must brace for possibleAsia must brace for possibleeconomic shocks: IMF chiefeconomic shocks: IMF chiefeconomic shocks: IMF chiefeconomic shocks: IMF chiefeconomic shocks: IMF chiefAgence France-Presse

DAEJEON - Asian nations must brace for possible threats to the world’s economic recoverybut a global double-dip recession is unlikely, the International Monetary Fund chief said Monday.

crisis.” But with Europe and the

United States expected to face a pos-sibly extended period of lowergrowth, the IMF chief urged Asia toincrease domestic investment andconsumption to counterbalance re-liance on exports.

“It’s encouraging that many ofthe changes needed to foster andsustain this second engine of growthare already under way across theregion,” he said.

These include strong socialsafety nets, which can boost privateconsumption, better infrastructure toencourage private investment andmore flexible exchange rates, hesaid.

South Korea’s Finance Min-ister Yoon Jeung-Hyun called forchanges to the quota voting systemof the Washington-based IMF to re-flect Asia’s growing voice.

He also urged it to come upwith a “detailed and realistic” planfor tackling the volatility that canarise from rapid international capi-tal flows.

“I believe the IMF has an im-portant contribution to make, by pro-posing and enacting concrete andrealistic measures to strengthen fi-nancial safety nets around theglobe,” Yoon said.

South Korea, which will hosta G20 summit in November, hasbeen pushing the issue of a globalfinancial safety net — partly to dis-courage the excessive accumulationof unproductive foreign exchangereserves.

Strauss-Kahn said Asia wouldget a bigger say in the IMF and thiscould be completed by the G20 sum-mit.

The IMF chief told a press con-ference it was “time to rebuild relation-ships with Asian countries” and saidtheir economies should have been re-built after 1997-98 in a “less painful”way.

In South Korea the crisis is stillknown as the “IMF crisis” amid lin-gering resentment at the fund’s toughprescriptions.

Strauss-Kahn described Europe’sproblems as manageable but warnedthat slow growth in Europe could re-duce Asian exports.

But the real threat, he said, stemsfrom excess liquidity heading for dy-namic emerging economies in Asia andelsewhere. This should be handledthrough different tools such as currencyrevaluations and capital controls.

Strauss-Kahn noted that the USdollar has been “very resilient” duringthe crisis and would remain the mostimportant world currency.

Dubai World seeks to meet lenders July 22 The embattled group whose

default fears had rocked global mar-kets said on May 20 that it had reachedagreement “in principle” with most ofits bank lenders to restructure some23.5 billion dollars in debt.

“Dubai World is pleased toannounce that headline economicterms have been agreed in principlewith the Coordinating Committee,”the company had said in a statement.

According to the agreement,the company will divide 14.4 billiondollars of debt into two tranches,maturing in five and eight years re-spectively, while the governmentwill convert 8.9 billion dollars of aidto the company into equity.

The first tranche of debt willbe valued at 4.4 billion dollars andwill bear 1.0 percent interest with nogovernment shortfall guarantees,while the second will be worth 10billion dollars, bearing also 1.0 per-cent interest plus varying options of

payment in kind and shortfall guar-antees, it said.

Dubai World’s major lendersinclude four British banks — HSBC,Lloyds, RBS, and Standard Char-tered. Other banks include the Bankof Tokyo, in addition to the localAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank andDubai’s Emirates NBD bank.

Dubai rocked global financialmarkets in late November when itsaid it might need to freeze debt pay-ments by its largest conglomerate,stoking fears of a state default oversovereign debt.

In order to buoy its troubledfirms, since last February the emir-ate has issued bonds worth 20 bil-lion dollars, which have been fullysubscribed.

The Abu Dhabi-based centralbank subscribed to 10 billion dollars,while the government of Abu Dhabiand two Abu Dhabi-backed bankssubscribed to five billion dollars each.

Entertainment InternationalTuesday, July 13, 201012

The first 3-D animated moviefrom Universal Pictures stars SteveCarell as the voice of Gru, abumbling villain with plans to stealthe moon — until three adorable or-phan girls enter his life. Jason Segel,Russell Brand and Julie Andrews areamong the star-studded voice cast.

Nikki Rocco, head of distributionfor Universal, said Sunday that “Des-picable Me” far exceeded the studio’sexpectations for opening weekend.“Thirty (million) would have been awin for the studio — because it’s a newcreative idea, we really didn’t knowwhat we had, so we backed in saying$30 (million),” said Rocco. “I wouldnever have said $50 million-plus.”

Rocco believes a number of factorsworked in the movie’s favor, includ-ing jokes for the kids and more grown-up humor and a warmhearted story foradults. But the tiny, yellow Minions —quirky, pill-shaped creatures who spoutgibberish and help Gru carry out hisdastardly plans — were appealing toboth, and were a huge part of the film’smarketing campaign.

The week’s other new wide re-lease, “Predators,” grossed $25.3

Agence France Presse

BEIJING – A Beijing court will hear a casefiled against “Avatar” director James Cameronby a Chinese man who claims the idea for thesci-fi film came from a novel he published,state media said Saturday. After throwing outthe case in March due to insufficient evidence,the court agreed to the hearing after ZhouShaomou dropped a demand for as much as147 million dollars in compensation, the ChinaDaily said, citing the author.

“Avatar”, the top-grossing movie of alltime, has raked in some 2.7 billion dollarsworldwide since its release. “I was told to goto the court next Monday to provide morematerial,” Zhou said, without providing de-tails of the new evidence.

Zhou has reserved the right to seek com-pensation before the Beijing Number One In-termediate Court rules on the case, the state-run newspaper said.

A court official told the China Daily thatit could take six months before the case isheard. “Due to the fact that some accusedparties are foreigners or foreign companiesit takes time to send the indictment throughdiplomatic channels,” the official Lu Yao said.

Besides Cameron, Zhou is also suing 20thCentury Fox Film Corporation, two Chinesemovie distributors and Haidian Theatrewhere he watched the film.

Agence France Presse

ISTANBUL – A hotel in Turkish-occupiednorthern Cyprus has threatened JenniferLopez with a 40 million dollar lawsuit aftershe cancelled a concert there for “political”reasons, press reports said Sunday. The chiefexecutive of the Turkish company which runsthe hotel and casino complex said Lopez stillhad time to change her mind about the July24 gig.

“The contract has not been terminated. Ifshe does not show up for the concert, we willbegin a procedure in the courts to claim 35-40 million dollars in damages,” warned MuratBozoglu, speaking from the company’s head-quarters in Istanbul.

“The cancellation....is not covered by any

‘Despicable Me’ tops‘Despicable Me’ tops‘Despicable Me’ tops‘Despicable Me’ tops‘Despicable Me’ topsweekend box office at $60.1Mweekend box office at $60.1Mweekend box office at $60.1Mweekend box office at $60.1Mweekend box office at $60.1M

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – “Despicable Me” wasn’t such a bad guy after all,it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated $60.1million.

million to open at No. 3. A sequelof sorts to the 1987 sci-fi cult clas-sic “Predator,” the 20th Century Foxfilm stars Adrien Brody andLaurence Fishburne as mercenariesbeing stalked by alien hunters in thejungle.

Robert Rodriguez (“Planet Ter-ror,” the “Spy Kids” movies) wrotean early version of the script in the1990s, produced the film at his Texascompound and his name appearshigh on the credits — an associa-tion that proved fruitful, said BertLivingston, a 20th Century Fox dis-tribution executive

“People wanted to see the filmbecause Robert Rodriguez was at-tached to it, and he’s the best at whathe does, and we got our audience,”Livingston said. “It was 70-percentmale and they liked the film.”

Meanwhile, last week’s jugger-naut, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,”fell to second place with $33.35million. The third film in the wildlypopular vampire franchise has nowmade $237 million in its first 12days. It’s expected to surpass parttwo, “The Twilight Saga: New

AP Photo/Universal Pictures - Illumination Entertainment, File

FILE - In this film publicity file image released by Universal Pictures, Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, is shownwith two of his minions in a scene from the 3-D CGI feature, ‘Despicable Me’, about a villain who meets hismatch in three little girls.

Moon,” which grossed $296.6 mil-lion when it came out last year.

“‘Twilight’ dropped less than 50percent — that’s impressive to me,”said Paul Dergarabedian, box-officeanalyst for Hollywood.com. “That’sa really strong hold for a movie that,in its first day, made $68 million.”

It’s been a strong series of weeks

at the box office, especially after arough start to the summer with mov-ies such as “Shrek Forever After”and “Sex and the City 2” not open-ing to expectations. Next weekendbrings “Inception,” ChristopherNolan’s hugely anticipated first filmsince the blockbuster “The DarkKnight,” which opened on the same

weekend two years ago.“You can’t underestimate the

importance of momentum in themarketplace,” Dergarabedian said.“‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Toy Story 3,’‘Eclipse’ and now ‘Despicable Me’— we’re on a roll and it feels morelike the beginning of the summerthan the middle of the summer.”

China court accepts‘Avatar’ plagiarism case

Zhou said the plot of “Avatar” — the storyof a paraplegic former US Marine who is sentto live with a race of blue aliens on the Earth-like moon Pandora — closely resembled thatof a novel he wrote in 1997. The novel, “TheLegend of the Blue Crow”, was publishedon two Chinese websites in segments in1999, previous state media reports have said.

However, the official website for the filmsays Cameron first developed the idea 15years ago — a few years before Zhou’s novelwas completed.

“Avatar” has been wildly popular inChina, quickly becoming the highest-gross-ing film in the country’s history after its Janu-ary 4 release in both 2D and 3D versions.

AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je

James Cameron, director of the Holly-wood blockbuster “Avatar,” speaks at apress conference during a digital forumin Seoul in May.

Jennifer Lopez faces $40 mlnlawsuit over gig cancellation

AFP/Getty Images/File/Neilson Barnard

Jennifer Lopez

clause in the contract she signed with us,” saidBozoglu. Lopez drew the wrath of Greek-Cyp-riots in the southern half of the divided islandafter the new Cratos Premium hotel and ca-sino complex announced the singer would per-form there on her 41st birthday.

But the singer scrapped the plans after criti-cism that the appearance would make a politi-cal statement, entertainment website TMZ.comreported Thursday.

“Jennifer Lopez would never knowinglysupport any state, country, institution or regimethat was associated with any form of humanrights abuse,” a representative for the Ameri-can singer and actress told TMZ. “After a fullreview of the relevant circumstances in Cyprus,it was the decision of management to withdrawfrom the appearance. This was a team decisionthat reflects our sensitivity to the political re-alities of the region.”

The US-based American Hellenic Educa-tional Progressive Association claimed the con-cert would “lend credence to an illegal entityrecognized only by Turkey”.

Cyprus has been divided since Turkey oc-cupied the north in 1974 in response to an Ath-ens-engineered coup in Nicosia aimed at unit-ing the Mediterranean island with Greece. TheTRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)is only recognized by Turkey, which maintainstroops on the Turkish Cypriot side, while theGreek Cypriot south of the island enjoys inter-national recognition.

International Tuesday, July 13, 2010 13Life Style

Applause erupted from thou-sands of stargazers who began gath-ering days ago on this remote Chil-ean outpost for the rare four-minute,41-second eclipse.

“It was like being in the stadiumat night with artificial light. It waslike being in a dark room with a 10-watt bulb,” awe-struck local officialFrancisco Haoa told AFP.

“It started with a shadow. Theskies were perfectly blue, with lotsof wind that chased away theclouds. Everyone applauded. “Wesaw a luminous object near here andpeople started saying they were sureit was a UFO.”

In Tahiti, where the solar eclipsebegan its trek, the effect was so stun-ning that crowds of football-madPolynesians turned away from the

Reuters

LONDON – Social networkingwebsite Facebook has agreed toadopt a panic button aimed at im-proving the online safety of itsyounger users, a child protectiongroup said on Monday.

The launch of button, whichfollows a long campaign by theChild Exploitation and OnlineProtection Centre (CEOP), willallow children and teenagers toreport suspicious behavior and gethelp, advice and support about

Facebook launches panic button for child safetystaying safe online.

The application is particularlyaimed at users aged 13 to 18 and willappear on their profile page when theyadd or bookmark the button, CEOPsaid. “We know from speaking to of-fenders that a visible deterrent couldprotect young people online,” said JimGamble, chief executive of CEOP,adding that the button should providereassurance to parents whose teenag-ers use the site.

Pressure to introduce such mea-sures intensified toward the end of lastyear after 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall

was kidnapped, raped and mur-dered by a man posing as a teen-ager whom she had met throughFacebook.

“Together we have developeda new way of helping youngpeople stay safe online,” JoannaShields, Facebook’s vice presi-dent for Europe, Middle-East andAfrica, said of the link-up.

“It is only through the constantand concerted efforts of the in-dustry, police, parents and youngpeople themselves that we can allkeep safe online.”

Associated Press Writer

POST MILLS, Vt. – Does a 25-foot-tall, 122-foot-long dinosaurneed a permit to avoid extinction?That’s the unlikely dilemma posedby “Vermontasaurus,” a whimsicalsculpture thrown together with scrapwood by a Vermont man. The odd-ity now faces opposition from neigh-bors and regulatory challenges fromgovernment entities that he fearscould force him to dismantle it.

It’s art, not edifice, says BrianBoland. “They should leave mealone. It’s a piece of artwork,” hesaid. Boland, 61, is a former teacher,hot-air balloon designer and pilotwho runs the Post Mills Airport, a52-acre airfield.

Last month, he decided to turn apile of broken wooden planks andother detritus on the edge of hisproperty into something more.Boland says the idea was to build asculpture that could be a commu-nity gathering place, with no admis-sion and no commercial element.

Using a dinosaur model as hisinspiration, he put out a call for vol-unteer helpers and went to work. Hecut a huge pine tree into four piecesand, using a back hoe, planted themas the bases of the four feet. Then,over nine days and using dozens of

Vt. scrap-wood dinosaurposing modern-day problem

volunteers, the ersatz sculpture be-gan taking shape. A splintered two-by-four here, the rotted belly of aguitar there, half a ladder from achild’s bunk bed here, Boland and hisvolunteers worked under basicground rules: No saws, no rulers andno materials other than what was inthe scrap pile. Also, anything nailedinto place couldn’t be removed. Andnothing was to be level or plumb.

What emerged from the randomcarpentry was a Smithsonian-sizedslice of roadside Americana. “It’s aninteresting piece of art, but person-ally, I don’t find it all that appealing,”said neighbor Mary Wilson, 54, wholives down the street and wishes itcould be removed. On the posterBoland circulated to seek volunteers,“it looked pretty neat. But when youlook at it now, it looks like a messypiece of art.”

Dirk Koppers, 40, who lives nextdoor to Wilson, said he loves it. “Itshows such creativity,” he said. “Youjust don’t go to places and be sur-prised anymore. Everything’s alwaysso controlled or so governed.”

Speaking of which, governmentofficials are not amused. The Townof Thetford told Boland his sculpturewas really a structure — akin to ashed or a gazebo — and that heneeded a $272 permit for it.

AP Photo/Alden Pellett

In this photo taken Friday, July 9, 2010, Brian Boland, 61, a formerteacher, hot-air balloon designer and balloon pilot who runs therural Post Mills Airport in Thetford, Vt., stands with his‘Vermontasaurus,’ where the 25-foot tall oddity thrown together withscrap wood now faces opposition from a few neighbors and regula-tory challenges from government entities that he fears could forcehim to dismantle what was built with the help of some area resi-dents as an artistic collaboration.

Stargazers in awe as totalStargazers in awe as totalStargazers in awe as totalStargazers in awe as totalStargazers in awe as totaleclipse arcs across Pacificeclipse arcs across Pacificeclipse arcs across Pacificeclipse arcs across Pacificeclipse arcs across PacificAgence France Presse

HANGA ROA, Chile – A total solar eclipse drew an 11,000-kilometer (6,800-mile) arc over the Pacific Sun-day, plunging remote territories into darkness, but drawing thousands of curious tourists and their dollars. Theskies grew black in the middle of the day as the Moon slipped in front of the Sun and aligned with the Earth,blotting out the sunshine that just moments earlier had swathed the island’s silent, ancient stone guardians.

World Cup final on their televisionscreens to look to the skies instead.

“It was like the Sun was smiling,”said eight-year-old Hinanui. “The Sunseemed like a horizontal crescent, thenthe Moon covered up the bottom ofthe Sun, which reappeared again as acrescent.” Opticians and pharmaciessold more than 120,000 pairs of pro-tective eyewear in Tahiti, which has260,000 inhabitants, and warned of thedangers of vision loss if people lookeddirectly at the eclipse.

Beginning at 1815 GMT, whenthe umbra or shadow fell about 700kilometers (440 miles) southeast ofTonga, the eclipse zipped in an east-erly arc, cloaking Easter Island at2011 GMT.

It finished with a pass acrosssouthern Chile and Argentina, where

it came to an end at 2052 GMT, justbefore nightfall in Patagonia. An es-timated 4,000 tourists, scientists,photographers, filmmakers and jour-nalists flocked to this World Heri-tage site of only 160 square kilome-ters (60 square miles), doubling thebarren island’s population.

The Sun is 400 times wider thanthe Moon, but it is also 400 timesfarther away. Because of the sym-metry, the lunar umbra that falls onthe face of the Earth is exactly wideenough to cover the face of the Sun.

Throughout human history, su-perstition, awe and dread — fears forthe birth or death of kings, victoriesor defeats, bumper harvests or gnaw-ing hunger — have attended themoment when the Earth is plungedinto daytime darkness.

The sun is seenpartially coveredby the moon onEaster Island,3700 km off theChilean coast inthe PacificOcean. A totalsolar eclipsedrew an 11,000-kilometer (6,800-mile) arc overthe PacificSunday, plung-ing remote islesinto darkness ina heavenlydisplay climax-ing on mysteri-ous EasterIsland.

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Robben was incensed that CarlesPuyol escaped punishment when heseemed to impede the Dutch wingeras he raced in on Iker Casillas’s goalseven minutes from the end of regu-lation time. Puyol appeared to usehis arm to hinder Robben’s flow andCasillas came out to block thestriker, who had gamely tried to re-main on his feet. “As a player, youalways try to keep going, but forthem to score a goal (four) minutesbefore the end was tough. It madethings very difficult for us,” said theBayern Munich star.

“We kept trying to get somethingout of the game, but the dressingroom was a pretty depressing place.“We sat there in the dressing roomand only talked about some of therefereeing decisions.

“There were a few things whichwere hard to take, but there is nopoint talking about them now.” Puyolhad already been booked at that pointand had Webb adjudged him to havefouled Robben, then a second yel-low would have been brandished,given he was the last man andRobben was through on goal.

De Jong, who was shown only ayellow card when he jumped up,studs showing, and caught Spain’sXabi Alonso in the chest, said hefelt the major calls went the Span-iards’ way.

Just before Spain scored, Hollandshould have had a corner when a

Agence France Presse

JOHANNESBURG – Rising star Thomas Mueller hasfinished South Africa 2010 as the tournament’s top-scorerafter golden boot rivals David Villa and Wesley Sneijderboth failed to score in Sunday’s final.

The 20-year-old Mueller scored his fifth World Cup goalin Germany’s 3-2 win over Uruguay on Saturday in the thirdplace play-off. Sunday, FIFA also additionally named himas the best young player of the tournament.

Mueller claims the World Cup’s golden boot ahead ofsuper-stars such as Holland’s Sneijder, Spain’s Villa andUruguay’s Diego Forlan, who finished with five goals each,by virtue of his three assists in the tournament.

Both Villa and Sneijder failed to score in Sunday’s finalat Soccer City as Spain’s Andres Iniesta hit the 116th-minutewinner to break Oranje hearts. The result leaves BayernMunich’s Mueller to follow in the footsteps of Germanyteam-mate Miroslav Klose, who won the award four yearsago, to claim the tournament’s golden boot for the most goals.

Ironically, while Spain were winning the final, Mueller

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Netherlands’ midfielder Wesley Sneijder (R) argues with English referee Howard Webb duringextra time in the 2010 World Cup football final between the Netherlands and Spain on July 11,2010 at Soccer City Stadium in Soweto, suburban Johannesburg. Spain won 1-0.

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JOHANNESBURG – Arjen Robben and Nigel de Jong led aDutch onslaught on English referee Howard Webb after Hol-land succumbed to Andres Iniesta’s injury-time winner in theWorld Cup final. Spain lifted their first World Cup after amatch in which Holland had John Heitinga dismissed in extra-time for a second booking and seven others yellow carded.

Wesley Sneijder shot was deflectedbehind. But a goal-kick was given andSpain went straight up the other end tosnatch the winner.

“There were a few curious decisionsin the game, but that is football,”moaned De Jong. “You have to keepgoing and keep fighting, but it was hard.Webb made some curious decisions, es-pecially the last bit from Spain, it was acorner for us, as Spain had deflectedthe ball, but we didn’t get the decision.

“It is always easy to blame the ref-eree, but we didn’t control the game.“These are important decisions whichdidn’t go our way, but that is just theway it goes.” De Jong acknowledgedthat Webb had a tough job. “Nowa-days the pressure is so great for thereferees, they are told what to do byFIFA,” he added.

“It is a final, so everyone did every-thing they could to win no matter what,it was the same for both sides, we hadsome fouls, so did they. This is youronce in a lifetime opportunity. “Foot-ball is football, maybe I am a little oldschool, but I remember the games backin the days when there were worse foulswhich never even got booked.”

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk ech-oed his players’ criticism of Webb andsaid he felt the Englishman’s handlingof the match may have been influencedby criticism he received in Spain fol-lowing their group-stage defeat bySwitzerland, which he was also incharge of.

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Mueller claims golden boot,young player accolade

and the Germany team were jetting back to Europe. Muellersaw off Mexico’s Giovani Dos Santos and Ghana’s AndreAyew for the best young player award.

The German took the tournament by storm after scoringin Germany’s opening 4-0 win over Australia, then showeddevastating finishing for both of his two second-half goalsto seal Sunday’s 4-1 rout of England in the Round of 16.

And he proved that was no fluke by scoring the first goal inGermany’s 4-0 quarter-final win over Argentina, although ayellow card against Diego Maradona’s side saw him miss thesemi-final defeat to Spain. It has been an extraordinary seasonfor the youngster who only turns 21 on September 13.

Plucked from Bayern’s reserves by coach Louis van Gaal,Mueller started his first Bundesliga game last August, playedin May’s Champions League final and now finishes his firstfull senior season with the World Cup’s golden boot.

He played in all of Bayern’s 34 Bundesliga matches, scor-ing 13 goals, on the way to the domestic double and madehis debut for Germany against Argentina in a friendly lastMarch. He promises to be a star of the future and has ce-mented his place in the Germany team.

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Agence France Presse

JOHANNESBURG – Uruguaystriker Diego Forlan was surprisinglyawarded the Golden Ball as the bestplayer of the 2010 World Cup.Atletico Madrid striker Forlangrabbed five goals at the tournamentas his country finished in fourth placeafter losing Saturday’s third-placeplay-off to Germany.

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Uruguay striker Forlan getsshock best player nod

The former Manchester Unitedplayer polled 23.4 percent of the votesawarded by media covering the tour-nament with Wesley Sneijder, of run-ners-up Holland, on 21.8 percent, andDavid Villa, of newly-crowned cham-pions Spain, taking 16.9 percent.

“This is award which I won thanksto my teammates,” wrote Forlan on hisTwitter account, a post accompanied bya photograph where the striker is stand-ing with other players. “It was taken be-fore they threw me in the swimmingpool,” he explained.

Uruguay’s performance at the WorldCup was the country’s best in 40 years.Forlan succeeds Zinedine Zidane whowas named top player of the 2006 WorldCup despite his infamous red card inthe final defeat to Italy.

Forlan’s victory was a surprise asfive players who featured in Sunday’sfinal (Villa, Xavi, Andres Iniesta ofSpain and Holland’s Arjen Robben andSneijder) all figured in the list of 10nominees. The 31-year-old Forlan alsowon the Europa League last season withAtletico Madrid.

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The 38-year-old Texan finishedSunday’s eighth stage so far back in61st place that his ambitions to win aneighth Tour evaporated in the stiflingheat as he dragged his battered bodyup mountain passes he used to glideup.

“Obviously the Tour’s finished forme,” Armstrong said after Luxem-bourg rider Andy Schleck won thestage to move just 20 seconds behindoverall race leader Cadel Evans ofAustralia.

This chaotic Tour has been amongthe most dangerous in recent years, andArmstrong is more than 13 minutesbehind Evans ahead of Monday’smuch-needed rest day.

“I have cuts everywhere,”Armstrong said. “Biggest problem isthe left hip, which for riding is not thebest.” Armstrong’s dented pride shouldalso be added to that list. He crossedthe finish line with an unusual air ofresignation. Rather than think aboutTour win No. 8, Armstrong is alreadyin reminiscence mode with two fullweeks still to go until Paris — whosestreets Armstrong used to swaggerdown swilling Champagne.

“No tears from me. I’ve had a lot

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The Nielsen Co.estimates that 9.95 million peoplewatched LeBron James announce onESPN that he’s leaving Cleveland toplay for the Miami Heat, making itthe third-most-watched program oncable television this year.

“The Decision” that aired Thurs-day night ranks behind the 12.3 mil-lion who watched the NFL ProBowl and 11.2 million who watched

Agence France Presse

NEWPORT, Rhode Island –Fifth-seeded American Mardy Fishrallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory overfourth-seeded Olivier Rochas Sun-day in the ATP Hall of Fame TennisChampionships final. Fish fired 24aces and sealed the victory after 2hrs4min, claiming his fourth ATP titleand his first title since March 2009at Delray Beach.

The American is projected tojump some 20 spots from his current79th to inside the top 60 when thenew world rankings are released onMonday.

Fish took control with a servicebreak for a 5-4 lead in the third set.He failed to convert three breakpoints before closing it out with aforehand winner at the net. “I wantedto play this match on my terms. Iwanted to win it or lose it on myracket,” he said. “I’ve certainly losta lot of heartbreak finals. It certainlyfeels great to win one.”

Fish shrugged off his frustrationover a close line call at the end ofthe first set to claim his fourth ca-reer title, and his first on grass. Onthe final point of the opening set,Belgium’s Rochus hit a return to theback corner.

Fish, who appeared to be in posi-tion to play the ball, let it go. Thechair umpire called game and set forRochus, prompting a bitter argumentfrom Fish.

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A combo made in Chatel on July 12, 2010, shows, From Top, LtoR, Tour de France seven-timeswinner, US Lance Armstrong (2ndR), stopped after a crash with Spain’s Ivan Velasco (down),Denmark’s Matti Breschel (C, partly hidden), Spain’s Egoi Martinez (R) and Sylvester Szmyd (L),.

Lance Armstrong finallyLance Armstrong finallyLance Armstrong finallyLance Armstrong finallyLance Armstrong finallyresigned to Tour defeatresigned to Tour defeatresigned to Tour defeatresigned to Tour defeatresigned to Tour defeatAssociated Press Writer

MORZINE, France – Lance Armstrong promised a shakethings up in the French Alps, but the seven-time Tour de Francechampion was feeling shaken after one of his worst ever daysracing. Armstrong used to be the one punishing others when theTour hit the harsh mountains, but Armstrong suffered the frus-tration his vanquished rivals once felt as his Tour bid fell apart.

of years here where it’s been very dif-ferent, so I’m not going to dwell on to-day,” Armstrong said. “Really try andappreciate my time here, and the factI’m not coming back here.”

The fist-pumping, hands-in-the-airshowmanship of Armstrong’s glory erafrom 1999-2005 — when he used tosmash rivals to pieces — came to a bru-tal end on a ferocious day of climbingthat proved too much for Armstrong’saging legs and tired mind to take.

Armstrong is in no doubt that, witha bad hip and a deficit of 13 minutes,26 seconds on Evans — and with morepunishing Alpine climbs to come andthe even-harder Pyrenees — he mayas well enjoy his last days in France.

“Look around, appreciate the fansand know that it’s not going to be myyear,” he said. Such defeatist talk wouldhave seemed truly astonishing a fewyears ago. But long gone are the dayswhen Armstrong and his “Blue Train”— the name given to his former U.S.Postal teammates — would control therace and bash rivals mercilessly. TheTour 1-2-3 reads Evans-Schleck-Contador. Armstrong is 39th.Armstrong’s day started with a nearmiss, then came a brutal crash.

Fish rallies for Newport title

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Fifth-seeded American Mardy Fish, pictured in June 2010, ral-lied for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Olivier RochasSunday in the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships final.

“You’ve got to keep the goal inmind,” Fish said. “Not every call isgoing to be perfect. Everybody’s try-ing to do their job. I felt like I wason the tough end (of that).” TheAmerican put it behind him to winthe next two sets, improving on hisprevious season-best performance ofrunner-up to Sam Querrey atQueen’s Club last month.

Rochus, who hadn’t dropped a setin reaching the first grasscourt finalof his career, fell to 2-6 in ATP fi-nals. He won the last of his two titlesin 2006.

“I can’t say I did play a bad final,didn’t go for it,” Rochus said. “Iwent for it. The last two games wereso close. Mardy was pushing hardat the end.”

LeBron’s ‘Decision’ watchedby nearly 10M people

Lebron Jamesstretches as he exitshis car outside the WHotel in Miami Beach,Fla., Friday July 9,2010. Lebron Jamesalong with ChrisBosh and DwyaneWade recently signedto play for the MiamiHeat basketball team.

an episode of “ICarly” on Nickel-odeon in January.

The special was of particular in-terest in Cleveland, where an esti-mated one in four homes with tele-visions tuned in. James’ future can’tyet compare to Kobe Bryant’spresent, however. More than 28 mil-lion people watched Bryant win hisfifth championship last month in theseventh game of the NBA Finalsbetween the L.A. Lakers and Bos-ton Celtics.

(AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

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Polesitter Sebastian Vettel’s chancesof victory were ruined by a first-lappuncture, although he recovered to sev-enth, and there was further controversyover stewarding decisions after a con-tentious penalty for Fernando Alonsoleft the Ferrari outside the points.

Webber made a much better startthan his team-mate and reached Copsefirst, despite Vettel’s best efforts tosqueeze him. Vettel then lurched offthe road at Becketts with a right rearpuncture, potentially the result of aslight touch from Hamilton’sMcLaren at the first corner.

Felipe Massa was also trundlingback to the pits with flailing rubber- he had been side by side with hisslow-starting Ferrari team-mateAlonso through the first corner andwheel banging at Becketts left theBrazilian with a puncture as well.

Webber therefore led fromHamilton, with this pair rapidlydropping quick-starter RobertKubica (Renault) in third, who hadRosberg’s Mercedes and Alonso allover the back of him.

Pitting slightly earlier than Kubicadid not work for Alonso, whereas run-ning a little longer did the trick forRosberg. Eager not to lose more time,Alonso went down the outside ofKubica into Vale on lap 17, and com-

FERNANDO Alonso saysFerrari’s performance in the BritishGrand Prix has left him more con-vinced that he will win the worldchampionship this year - eventhough he failed to score a point.The Spaniard endured a troubledrace at Silverstone – making a poorstart, clashing with team-mateFelipe Massa on the first lap andthen getting hit with a drive-throughfor overtaking Robert Kubica off thetrack.

Those incidents left Alonso downin 14th place at the end of the race,and more worryingly 47 points adriftof Lewis Hamilton in the title chase.

But despite that setback, whichcame after big disappointment inthe European Grand Prix, Alonsoremains adamant that he will tri-umph at the end of the season.

“I think we will win. Yes,” saidAlonso. “I think we lacked pointsin Valencia and Silverstone, butthese are some moments of thechampionship where we needed toshow that we want the champion-ship and that we are a contender. Iam more convinced than before thisrace that we will win the champi-onship.”

Alonso said the race was madehard from the off – when clutch dif-ficulties meant he lost a lot of placesoff the grid. “The start was not good,”

Alonso adamant he will win titlehe said. “We had some clutch prob-lems all weekend. The start from theformation lap and at the end of the pitlane were not good either, so we werenot full of confidence for the start, andunfortunately it was true.

“We had a poor start and then, inthe first couple of laps, we were fifth.We tried to overtake people in thestops, but it didn’t work becauseRobert was still in front of us afterthe stop.

“We had to attack to make someplaces and then we overtook Robert.But then I had the penalty and the

safety car was deployed so we lost14 positions in the drive-through.

“Obviously from that point itwas difficult being in 18th position,so we tried to enjoy the race, makesome overtaking, make someshow.”

When asked whether he felt thedrive-through penalty was a bitharsh, considering he had no oppor-tunity to give the place back toKubica, Alonso said with a resignedsmile on his face: “It is not my job.I drive the car. What the stewardssay is always right, so that is it.”

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Ferrari’s Spanish driver Fernando Alonso drives at theSilverstone circuit on July 11, 2010, during the Formula OneBritish Grand Prix.

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Red Bull’s Australian driver Mark Webber celebrates on the podium of the Silverstone circuiton July 11, 2010, after the Formula One British Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Australian driver MarkWebber won the race ahead of McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton and MercedesGP’s German driver Nico Rosberg .

Webber takes commanding Britain winSILVERSTONE - Mark Webber responded to the Red Bull

front wing controversy in the best way imaginable by taking acommanding British Grand Prix victory ahead of LewisHamilton, Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button.

pleted the pass by nipping over thekerbs and cutting the first apex of Club.

He then sprinted away afterRosberg, while Kubica was assuredthat Alonso would be ordered to lethim back through. That became amoot point three laps later though,when Kubica retired with a differ-ential problem.

The stewards therefore ruled thatAlonso should take a drive-throughpenalty, a decision announced justbefore the safety car came out so thatdebris could be cleared followingcontact between Adrian Sutil (ForceIndia) and Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber)that left chunks of the latter’s rearwing deposited on various straights.With Alonso having to take his pen-alty immediately after the restart, hetumbled straight to the midfield.

The safety car was a lifeline forVettel, who had made little progressup to that point, but then startedcarving through the traffic with astring of spectacular passes, includ-ing one on Michael Schumacher.Sutil - who had also put a bold moveon Schumacher after the restart -proved Vettel’s toughest rival, and ittook many laps of tough battlingbefore the Red Bull driver finallymuscled through to take seventh onthe penultimate lap.